Dr. Tammy Bonstein

Welcome to The Student Research Group (SRG) at the University of Manitoba Faculty of Dentistry

By browsing through the SRG website you just made your first step in a new direction within the dental field. The SRG is a new and exiting student-operated group we are promoting at the University of Manitoba Faculty of Dentistry and School of Dental Hygiene.

The group has many goals however its main goal is to promote oral health research and aid students who are involved in research. Thus provide the general public with dentists that are not only excellent clinicians, but knowledgeable scientists as well. In order to do so the SRG is designed to support you, train you, and guide you while you progress with your research project. The group operates as a team and the team main philosophy is communication in order to progress together meaning sharing information so all members can grow from the knowledge acquired by individual members of the team. Providing information to all who are interested will promote knowledge dissemination, and will develop further brainstorming and collaborations.

Most of you are not sure of what your professional goals may be at this point however, by joining the SRG, thinking out of the box and being exposed to the knowledge transferred during the SRG meetings and its networking will provide you with new exiting professional opportunities and open new doors that you were not aware of. You will learn how research can be fun, the different research programs/opportunities available to you, how you can get started and how you can advance. In general by joining the SRG you will find out what are the benefits of participating in dental research.

Your choice to attend and join the SRG will demonstrate how dedicated you are to your profession and to improving the quality of dental healthcare. A dedication that will be a rewarding experience and will add immeasurably to the excitement of your dental education. A dedication that will be noticed and well valued by your colleagues, respected and encouraged by your faculty members and appreciated by your patients.

Hopefully, some of you will continue to be biomedical researchers and/or educators sensitive to the clinical objectives that will advance dental care and dentistry as a profession. Remember, the SRG is here to serve you as you begin your student research career.

Please do not hesitate to contact me at t_bonstein@umanitoba.ca or any of your SRG officers for assistance.

As the SRG Faculty Advisor
I wish you best of luck in all you do!

Dr. Tammy Bonstein
SRG Faculty Advisor

Dr. German Ramirez

About the Faculty Advisor

The faculty advisor supports and mentors the SRG leaders and is critical to the long-term success of the SRG.

The faculty advisor of a Student Research Group has the following roles:

1. To provide continuity of the SRG during the steady turnover of student leadership and membership through the years. Therefore, the faculty advisor plays a key role in maintaining the group’s steady momentum.
2. To provide a link to the administration and other faculty. While students typically interact well with administration and faculty, occasionally the faculty advisor can play an important role in communicating concerns, objectives, or needs to both sides.
3. To develop and mentor student leadership.
4. To encourage active faculty support. Faculty support and assistance are an integral part of the ultimate success of the SRG and its objectives.
5. To serve as a link between both students interested in research and those involved in research. As well, the to serves as a link between students interested in research and faculty supportive of student research.
6. To encourage local and regional interaction among students through regional meetings and research competitions.